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Top Startup Funding Programmes in India

16 startup funding programmes ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

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Between them, the 16 startup funding programmes on this page cover seed stage (8), pre seed (7), startup incubator (3) and growth stage (2). They also list work in Delhi NCR and Mumbai. 16 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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  1. CC

    C-CAMP (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms)

    Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Startup Incubator · Also in Bangalore

    No single standard incubation investment is published. C-CAMP says it supports early-stage start-ups/ideas through seed funding as a DBT funded initiative, runs an Investment…

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  2. IF

    Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)

    Also in Delhi NCR

    Ministry of Defence programme, run by the Defence Innovation Organisation, that funds startups, MSMEs and individual innovators who solve defence problem statements: grants of up…

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  3. II

    iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology)

    Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Startup Incubator

    Programme-specific terms. iCreate Seed-stage Accelerator (iSA): programme fee INR 40000, ending in a pitch for incubation plus financial support (grants up to Rs 10 lakh and…

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  4. KS

    Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)

    Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Startup Incubator

    A public scheme menu rather than one deal. Non-dilutive grants: Idea Grant up to ₹3 lakhs (idea/PoC stage, Kerala-based innovators); Productisation Grant up to 7 Lakhs; Women /…

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  5. BI

    Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)

    Pre Seed · Also in Delhi NCR

    BIRAC's flagship grant for young biotech startups: INR 50 lakh of grant-in-aid over 18 months to take an idea to proof of concept, with mentoring through BIG Partners.

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  6. BL

    BIRAC LEAP Fund (Launching Entrepreneurial Driven Affordable Products)

    Seed Stage · Also in Delhi NCR

    BIRAC equity fund that helps biotech startups pilot and commercialise products: partner BioNEST incubators can invest up to Rs 1 crore per startup in equity or equity-linked…

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  7. BS

    BIRAC SEED Fund (Sustainable Entrepreneurship And Enterprise Development Fund)

    Seed Stage · Also in Delhi NCR

    BIRAC equity fund for biotech startups past proof of concept: a first equity investment of up to INR 30 lakh, made by BioNEST incubators that act as BIRAC's SEED Fund partners.

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  8. CG

    Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS)

    Also in Mumbai

    Government credit guarantee, run through NCGTC, on loans, venture debt and other debt that banks, NBFCs and SEBI-registered AIFs give DPIIT-recognised startups, now up to Rs 20…

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  9. FO

    Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)

    Growth Stage · Also in Delhi NCR

    DPIIT's Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds, managed by SIDBI, puts money into SEBI-registered alternative investment funds that must invest at least twice that amount in startups.

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  10. MS

    Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS)

    Also in Mumbai

    Maharashtra's state innovation society. Under the state's 2025 startup policy it gives startups selected through Maharashtra Startup Week government work orders to pilot their…

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  11. NS

    NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP)

    Seed Stage · Also in Delhi NCR

    DST seed funding for startups at DST-backed incubators: an incubator can receive up to INR 1000 lakh and give a startup up to INR 100 lakh.

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  12. NP

    NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups)

    Pre Seed · Also in Delhi NCR

    DST prototyping grant for individual innovators and young startups, now NIDHI PRAYAS 2.0: up to Rs 20 lakh through a PRAYAS Centre, or up to Rs 40 lakh for deep-tech or advanced…

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  13. RD

    Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund

    A ₹1 lakh crore Government of India fund, held by ANRF, that finances private-sector research and deep-tech projects through Second Level Fund Managers (so far TDB and BIRAC):…

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  14. SS

    Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP 2.0)

    Seed Stage · Pre Seed

    Government of Gujarat policy that funds student and young-alumni innovators through grantee universities, institutes and schools in Gujarat: up to INR 2.50 lakh per proof of…

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  15. TN

    Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund (TNESSF)

    Growth Stage

    A SEBI-registered alternative investment fund set up as a Government of Tamil Nadu policy initiative, sponsored by TIDCO and TIDEL and managed by TNIFMC; it invests INR 3 to 10…

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  16. US

    UP Startup Mission

    Seed Stage · Pre Seed

    UP Startup Mission runs Uttar Pradesh's Startup Policy 2026–2031.

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